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Review on πŸ”Œ Superior Performance with Sony ICD-TX650 IC Recorder (16GB) – Black by Doug Hawkins

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very small, stylish and well-functioning dictaphone - unusual by any standards for its size and design

This could be the device you are looking for. IF you understand what it is and what it is not. First, this is probably the smallest recorder I've ever used. Not much bigger than a ballpoint pen, it fits comfortably in a shirt pocket and you'll never notice it: and probably nobody else. It looks very stylish, with a combination of modern and retro elements that only become apparent when you look at the device holds in hands. It features mechanical buttons and switches on either side of the device for device operation, and a USB port on the bottom of the device under the rubber cover (but you'll need the included cable to connect it to your device). Computer). I've used several portable audio recorders over the years and this is by far one of the most unusual due to its size. It is designed to record speech in either linear PCM (ie lossless .wav format) or mp3 format (192, 128 or 48 kbps) with three selectable microphone sensitivity levels and an optional "Clear Voice". Function to improve the sound dynamics of voice recording. However, this is NOT a device that will record high quality sound for music applications. You may be wondering, well, if he can use LPCM, then why not? This is due to the built-in microphones. They just can't do the job of recording quality music. There are many devices in this price range or maybe a little higher that do just that, but this device is not one of them. This device is designed in its purest form for recording lectures, meetings and personal notes on the smallest device that is both lightweight and has good battery life (the device uses a built-in rechargeable battery, not AAA batteries. And it does ). I used it to record several lectures and the results were quite usable and no one suspected I was recording due to the small size of this device in my shirt pocket. means you can record without taking people's attention away from the recording device in the middle of the room. If you want to put it on the table, probably no one will notice, since it has 16 GB of internal storage given its size. Even if you record with lossless LPCM, you will spend many hours on the device before it fills up, and if you use mp3, the battery will run out much sooner than the memory. This is a unique device. I actually like it a lot. It has a whole host of customizable features and a headphone jack on top if that's the way you want to listen to your recordings, or if you want to add some music for casual listening. You can change the language and the display to show the remaining time. (I originally gave this review four stars instead of five because I couldn't find this important feature, but if you look at "AS"'s comment on this post, you'll see how.) Five stars!

Pros
  • Confident
Cons
  • Unfashionable